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靠天吃饭

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靠天吃饭的农业
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不能靠天吃饭
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不需要靠天吃饭
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不得不靠天吃饭
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农业一向靠天吃饭

Definition

靠天吃饭

Literally means:

depend on Heaven for one's food

Actually means:

live at the mercy of the weather

靠, rely on; 天, natural conditions, especially the meteorological conditions. This phrase means living by the meteorological conditions (such as cold, heat, dry, humidity, wind, rain or snow).

靠,依靠。天,自然条件,尤其是气象状态指依靠自然条件,特别是气象状态(如冷、热、干、湿、风、雨、霜、雪等)生活。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive or object. (作谓语、定语、宾语)
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Nóng
农业
xiàng
一向
kàotiānchīfàn
靠天吃饭
  
Tiān
xià
下雨
  
,
nóngzuò
农作物
huì
gàn
  
;
xià
duō
le
  
,
nóngzuò
农作物
huì
bèi
yān
淹死
  
Kànlai
看来
  
,
kàotiānchīfàn
靠天吃饭
de
nóng
农业
shì
hěn
cuìruò
脆弱
de
  

Agriculture always eats by the sky. If it doesn't rain, the crops will dry out; It seems that agriculture, which depends on the sky for food, is very fragile.

2
Réngōngjiàng
人工降雨
de
chéngběn
成本
yuèláiyuè
越来越
le
  
,
jiǔ
不久
de
jiānglái
将来
jiù
可以
zài
kàotiānchīfàn
靠天吃饭
de
nóngcūn
农村
miàn
大面积
tuīguǎng
推广
  

The cost of artificial rainfall is getting lower and lower, and in the near future it will be widely promoted in rural areas that rely on the sky to eat.

3
Réngōng
人工
zào
xuě
de
shù
技术
shǐ
使
huáxuěcháng
滑雪场
yào
需要
kàotiānchīfàn
靠天吃饭
  
,
men
它们
měitiān
每天
dōu
可以
jiēdài
接待
qiánlái
前来
huáxuě
滑雪
de
yóu
游客
  

Artificial snow-making technology allows ski resorts to eat from the sky, and they can accommodate skiers every day.

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